Discuss this statement with close reference to the text, including your own opinion and the opinions of at least three other critics.

This statement proposes two things about Othello's character - that he is jealous and that he is a booby. These two things can be easily separated, as clearly, one can be jealous without being a booby, and vice versa. There are many arguments about whether Othello is or is not jealous and whether he is or is not a booby based on evidence from the text `Othello'. There are also many advocates for each of these views, presenting very different justifications for their arguments. Othello can be seen as a jealous person through the way he quickly, and to such an extreme extent, reacts to Iago's encouragement. Supporters of this view include F...